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A Graphic Description of their but Struggle With the Saxon. KIRKEE, Western India, Jan. 14.â€"-I have just finished a day’s work which would suf- fice of itself to rebut the oft-repeated calum- n, that there is “nothing to be seen here worth talking about.” From an English point of View perhaps there is not; but any- one who takes an interest in either the past or the present of India may find here abund- ance of material well worth thinking about, whether worth talking about or not. On this uiet little mountain plateau, where the ting sunlight falls so peacefully on the ghssy Water, and the cool breeze rustles through acres of feathery sugar cane and she- dowy groves of teak and mango, was fought out the last struggle of the formidable race which had conquered India from sea to sea, and the question whether India should be- lon to Mahratta. or the Englishman was sett ed once and forever. But there is little outward token of its ter- rible past in the aspect of the beautiful val- ley, whose clustering vegetation completely shields me from the glare of a sun which ev- en in winter fully matches the heat of a Western summer. Man’s ravage is transient as himself. Rice and sugar-cane are none the less green and flourishing because the great prince who first planted them here has since died a dethroned and helpless captive. These grand old trees, under whose shade the Hindu, the Portuguese, the Mogul, the Mnhratta, and the Englishman have steeped the earth in blood, still rear their towering fiads as vigorously as ever. Who is to guess that beneath these twining flowers mores of famine-stricken wretches have lain down to die ? That yonder Waving harvest fields have been swept by a sea of fire which left them black and blasted as the mouth of avolcauo? That this smooth, dark lake, slumberng in the shadow of over-arching trees, with a group of round-limbed, native girls filling their little earthen pitchers on the lowest step of the stone stair that leads down to it, was once lashed intu crimson foam by storms of peltin g shot and the writhing limbs of mangled and dying men ? The sole token of what has been is this huge crumbling wall, black and charred as if by devouring fire, which starts up sud- Jenly right in front of me on the brow of a steep, overhanging rock? \Vhat can it be "Sahib want see Parvati?” The shrill call breaks my meditation at once, and I look round to see beside me a Hindu boy, slender and sinewy as a bronze Hermes, with little covering beyond the tangled inane of black hair, from beneath which his small rat-like eyes glitter impishly. ' Such a guide is not to be despised, for I see no chance of scaling the bluff single- handed, girded as it is with one of those ter- rible hedges of prickly pear, which. accord- ing to the Eastern proverb, “an elephant cannot break down. nor an ant creep through. But my little (larky (lives nimny oil" the mad under the nearest arch of a huge via- duct, and leads me up asteep, winding path through a cluster of mud huts, half of which have already tumbled down while the others are fast following their example. Repelling with some difficulty the obtrusive attention of a dozen hideous native beggars, with four eyes and three noses among them, we mount a flight of rock-cut steps, half-way up which I halt to examine a. curious piles of stones built together in the form of a square and overhung by the long pennon-like leaves of a mango. There is nothing very remarkable imits appearance; but I look at it with a new interest when my guide tells me it marks the spot where a Hindu widow of rank the last local victim of native super- stition, was burned alive with the corpse of her husband, in compliance with that hideous custom which the strong arm of England has now, thank God, swept away forever. It is now high noon, and every point and 1 rock stands out sharp and clear in the hlis. tering glare, while the huge broad leaves of the tropical points in either side cast jet- hlack shadows which would gladden the heart of a photographer. The very steps feel hot beneath my feet, and the carved East- ern gateway that now begins to grow out of the cliff-top seems a terribly long way off. However, I reach it at last, and am greeted by a coffee-colored gentleman with a head- smoothly shaved, all but one rampant gray topknot on the crown, giving him very much the look of ‘a parrot with its front feathers Icalded of}. He informs me that he is the high priest of the place, and at once pro- ceeds to exhibit the local “lions.” First comes a miniature temple, covered with staring frescoes of the monstrous figures of Brahmin mythology. Then follow several magnified bird-cages of stone and iron, in which various native desires are shut u lest their devoted worshippers should be tempted to walk Off With them. Brahma is holding a shapeless black cow very much like a burned quartern loaf. Vishnu‘s fiery face suggests habits of confirmed intemper- ance. Siva, evidently at a. loss what to do with his six superfluous hands, is flourishing in the other two a. large and well-selected assortment of serpents. The elephant-head- ed Pollir stares rudely at me with his heady black eyes, while the silver image of Parva- ti glimmers faintly in the pale gleam of her two eVer-hurnmg lamps. Then the priest, pointing to the charred walls around, tells me how the burning of this place in 1815 was held to be an omen of defeat in the impending struggle with England, and shows me a spot on the brink of the preci- pice whence the Maln'atta. l’eishwa (Prince) two years later, beheld the final rout of his army at Kirkee. n.. . .- .q. At the sound of that familiar name the whole scene rises before me again. Far and wide, the whole plain below is alive with fluttering white robes and crimson sashes, and gay-colored turbuns, and prancing hor~ ales, and gleaming steel, and all the splendor of barbaric war. Well may the Peishwa of the Mahrattas look scornfully at the smooth green meadow in yonder bend of the river, where a. tiny patch of scarlet marks the presence of the handful of English and sepoy red coats whom his countless hosts have beleaguered there for days past. But those few half-starved men are led by one who is little used to count his enemies when once he sees them fairly within reach. No help is possible for seven days to come, and the impressionable sepoys are already begin- ning to waver; yet another day or two of this enforced inaction and all is lost. There in but one thing left to do, and the grim old Colonel does it at once. “Gentlemen,” says WHERE HERA'I‘TAS FELL. he to the little group of knitted brown and compressed lips around him, “ if we are to die, we may as well die like mm.’ Forward march!" Forward they go like a torrent, 1,800 men against 25,000. Crash! bang! the roar of cannon and musketry shakes the air, and all is veiled in rolling smoke. But when it clears. and the l’eishwa looks to behold his enemies troddeu like grass, what does he see ‘2 By the sacred cow of Brahma the in- fidels have the best of it! The thin red line has driven itself wedge-like into the heart of the white-clad masses, which are giving way on every side. But suddenly there comes a strange sound like the distant pat- ter of rain upon leaves, swelling louder and nearer till the very earth seems to tremble beneath the yell and hoof-tramp of the ter- rible Mshratta horsemen. But already the British line has become a hollow square bristling with levelled steel, upon which the wave of assault breaks ina. whirling of tos- sing m-ms and glittering weapons, answered by the flash and crack of the ceaseless death-volleys from within. Twice the fran- tic valor of the assailants‘almost forces the iron ring, but the thinned ranks close sternv 1y up, till at length the onset begins to slacken. Then, just at the critical moment 'the English cavalry fall like a, thunderbolt upon the wavering squadrons, and all is over. The great hosts melt like a cloud of mist, and the Peishwa. himself turns to fly with a muttered curse on “those English de- mons,” and the spell cast over all India by the mighty name of the Mahmttas is broken for evcrmore. From Samara, one of the most flourishing towns in the Volga Government, is reported the following tragical incident, painfully il- lustrative of the baneful influence exercised upon‘overwrought natures in Russia. by the Nihilistic propaganda. Some weeks ag, a popular preacher in one of the Samara 0r- thodox churches gave deep nmbrage to the Revolutionary Committee of that city by re- calling, with fervent eloquence, the assassi- nation of Alexander 11. to the remembrance of his congregation, and vehemently inveigh- ing against the murderers of the late Czar. A few hours later the Committee held a meeting for the purpose of deciding what punishment should be inflicted upon the ob fending priest for his inflammatory utter- ances. After some discussion, the Commit- tee resolved that hc should be put to death, and its members drew lots for the execution- er’s office which fell to a girl of nineteen, affiliated to the organization only a few days previously. Upon drawing the fatal lot she exhibited some agitation, but, speedily col- lecting herself, accepted her murderous mis- sion with the words, “The Committee will have reason to be satisfied with the manner in which its decree will be carried out. ” Next morning the doomed priest was awakened, shortly after daybreak, by the report of a. firearm, discharged in a room contiguous to his own bed-chamber. Upon entering the room in question, he beheld his only daugh- ter stretched out at full length upon the floor near the foot of the bed and weltering in her blood. She had just strength enough left, before expiring, to confess to him that she had pledged herself to take his life. in obedience to the orders of the Secret Com- mittee, but had preferred killing herself to fulfilling her oath. Exhorted to reveal the names of her fellow-conspirators, she steadfastly refused to do so, and died with- out having afl'orded any clue that could lead to their detection. The Figaro tells a queer story about Miss lmma Thursby. At Stockholm, one night after a concert, as she was waiting for a carâ€" riage in the rain, a footman in elegant livery came up and said that his master had or- (lered him to place his carriage at her dis- posal. “Who is your master '2’” “I have orders not to reveal his name, but to insist upon your making use of his carriage,” In short, Miss Thursby, with one of the per- sons who accompanied her, entered the car: riage and were driven to her hotel. During her visit to Stockholm, and in every town ‘ in Sweden and Norway where she Went, ‘ Miss Thurshy found the carriage with the two white horses and the two servants at the door whenever she needed it, but the owner failed to make himself known. Finalâ€" ly, three days before Miss 'J‘hursby left Scandinavia for Paris, Mr. X. was an~ nounced. It was he ! After Miss Thnrshy had expressed her thanks, and Mr. X. had explained his conduct, he saidâ€"“ Miss, will do me the honor to become my wife '1” To which Miss Thursby replied, “You know who I am, but you do not know the engage- ments that I contracted towards my family when I left America. I will tell you what they are, in order that you may see that this marriage is impossible.” “ Impossible?" “Listen. When I left my parents they made me promise two tilingsâ€"A-Firstly, that I would. never sing on the stage; and. secondly, that I would marry none but an Americanâ€"w” “If 1 were to become an American 7" said Mr. X. “Then I should be free to dispose of my heart as I pleased." Two days afterwards Mr. X. returned. “I shall leave for the United States to- morrow; I hope, with the credit that I have, to get promptly naturalized as an American. Go to Paris, for it is there 1 shall come to ask you to realize your pm- ‘ mise, for you promise me, do you not, to i be my wife?” “I promise you," replied i Miss Thursby. Mr. X., adds the I'Vgarn, I is now in America. Why Couldn‘t We Have It in our Houses? \Vhat most astonishcs those who visit the boring for the British Channel Tunnel is, first, the complete dryness of the r0ck,and, secondly, the marvellous ventilation of the long and narrow tunnel (it is only seven feet in diameter), which extends now 1,100 yards under the sea, and which, it is promised, will by Easter be fully a mile lung. The air at the head of the boring is far pleasant- er to breathe than the air of any London street, and the reason is obvious. It is, in fact, the very healthiest sea breeze, caught just below Shakespeare’s Cliff, and, alter compression, conducted thence in a five~inch iron pipe to the boring machine 1,100 yards 06; there the air escapes in the most inof- fensive and even agreeable manner. Tun Island of Elba, Napoleon L's old home, is being strongly fortified by Italy. A Queer Story, 11‘ True. ««<O>«Pâ€"- Horrors of Nimlxsm- London Daily Telegraph I904- ONE THOUSAND MILES IN AN OPEN BOAT. The “Lara” was a barque of 950 tons re- gister, and lelt Hull on May 4th of last year, loaded with 1,450 tons of coal, con- signed to Messrs. Rodgers, Meyer & 00., of San Francisco. On the voyage across the“ South Atlantic the “Lara” suffered so much from bad weather that she was compelled to put into Rio Janeiro for repairs. This place was left in September, and all went well un- til20th October. when it 'was discovered that the cargo was on fire. Every effort was made to extinguish the flames,and for a time success attended the endeavors of the crew. Holes were bored in the bow,and the flames seemed to have been mastered, and the water was pumped out. No sooner had this been accomplished, however, than dense volumes of smoke began to issue from the ventilator hatch, and then it was at- tempted to smother the fire. This change of policy proved unsuccessful, and finally, on 23rd October, in lat. 11 N., long. 116 VV., the“Lara” was left to her fate. She was then about ‘2, 000 miles due south from San Francxsco, the nearest point of land be- ing Acapulco, in Mexico, 1,000 miles away . For this latter port the ship-wreckedmarin- ers steered. They were divided into three parties, and each party was provisioned for 50 days. The ship was not left until the heat and gas from the burning coal rendered further stay on board unendurable. The crew and passengers, 21 all told, were dis- tributed in three boats as follows:_1n the master’s boat was Capt. Currie, his wife,two children, the second oflicer, and six seamen; another boat contained the mate and five sailors, whilst the third boat was occupied by the boatswain and three sailors. Each boat carried a compass, and a supply of water was proportionately serve out. It was 10 o’clock on a Sunday night when the long journey from the ship to the shore was commenced. The sky was bright, but the only light was that afforded by the stars and the burning vessel. The “Lara” was soon lost sight of. For two days the boats kept well together. The mate’s boat, being a good sailor, towed the smaller craft, whilst the captain’s boat sailed free. On the night of the second day a storm separated the boats, but two days. later they all came in sight of one another. For another couple of days the three boats sailed in company, and then the parties separated, and from that time to the present nothing whatever has been heard of the mate’s or the boat- swain’s boats. Whether they have reached the shore in some desolate part, whether they have been picked up by some passing vessel,or whether they have found their last home beneath the deep waters of the Paci- fic, it is now impossible to say. The party under the command of the captain sufi‘ered' frightful azonies from thirst, the heat of the sun’s rays and the ocean’s reflection. The allowance of water for several days was but half a pint per person, but as the voyage neared its completion, this small quantity was increased. The captain’s wife and children were the greatest sufferers, and at one time it was thought that the former was dying from exposure. The two children were aged respectively seven and two years. Their sleep was troubled, and as they lay in their mother’s lap they would moan ieebly for water. The only incident on the voyage was the capture of a. turtle, which was torn from its shell, not for its flesh, but for its blood, which was eagerly drunk by the party. At last the coast of Tehnantepec was reached, and a running stream being en- countered rest and refreshment were obtain- ed. It was not deemed safe by Captain Currie to stay here, and he resolved to pro- secute his voyage to Acapulco, still some 200 miles to the north. But two of the sailors resolved to take their chance at that outlandish and inhospitable shore rather than face further boat sailing. At last after a voyage of 23 days, the remnant of the party, safely reached Acapulco. The South American War. Recent Panama advices say: Chili advices in announcing the close of the conference be. tween Mr. Trescott and the Chilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, say an amicable agree- ment has been arrived at. The two gentle- men drew up a protocol to be submitted to the Peruvian Government, to serve as a basxs of a treaty of peace between Peru and Chili. The protocol recognizes Chili’s claim to the cession of ’l‘arapaca, or at least does not stipulate for an immediate or early pay- ment. Mr. Trescott has ninety days in which to submit this to some competent Government in Peru. If on the expiration of that time he has not secured its signature by the Government, in whose stability Chili can confide, the protocol becomes void. The time allowed is too short to do an thing, An effective attempt has not been In dc _to organize any other Government than the nominal one of Montero. Bolivia, is said to be awaiting the moment when Chili evacu- ates Tacna and Arica. to take possession of that valuable department and further the dismemberment of Peru. It is reported that a meeting has taken place in Lima looking toward the organiza. tionof a new Government, of which l’ierola. will be the prominent member. Dr. Antonio Arenas 'IS spoken of for President. An Ex- ecutive Committee has been appointed to start the popular movement in favor of a strong administration. All the documents in connection with Coehet and Landreaux claims against the Peruvian Government have been found among the archives of the palace. They will be published, and inter- cstlllg revelations are proniiSed. Colonel Delcanto had an engagement in the valley of Junim with a detached force of eleven hundred Peruvians ; he killed their chief of staff, several other officers, and eighty-seven soldiers. Many were wounded. The Chili- ans had fifteen killed and fifteen wounded. Captain Baeza. was killed. Seventy-six soldiers have died of yellow fever in Trujillo where the disease is raging. waw4okww< Tm: baggage of Mr. Johns, when he ar- rived at a. hotel in Bismarck, Dakota, was a worn, cheap-looking trunk. Being called away on im} erative business. he left it six weeks in the storeroom. Nobody thought it worth while to steal or open it. On his return he took out of it $12,000 worth of gold dust and nuggets. His plan of escap- ing the attention of thieves had proved suc- cessful. Terrible aulrennn of a. Crew. Chant MALL The Chinese authorities of Shanghai re- cently issued a. quaint decree respecting the neglect of physicians to attend at once on their patients and the high fee which they charge. They give notice that it is the duty of all physicians to use their knowledge for the benefit of the people; when people are sick they must be ready to attend upon them whenever they are sent for. without regarding the hour of the night or day or state of the weather. When people are ill they long for the resence of the doctor as the grain of seed ongs for the rains. In- stead of doing this, however, the physicmns now think that they possess great skill, and not only charge high fees, but insist on be- ing paid full hire for their chair coolies, and they do not care what becomes of the patient so that they get their fees. If these were only charged to the wealthy, it would not so much matter; but the poor have to pay them also. An evil practice, the decree goes on, also exis s by which doctors will not visit their patients before one o’clock in the afternoon; some will even smoke opium and drink tea until late in the evening. These are abuses, the Magistrates say,which they will on no account permit. Doctors must attend to their patients at all times ; they must, if necessary, visit them several times daily; they must think more of them and less of their fees. Notice, therefore, is given to all officials and people that a phy- sician who does not attend when he is called must only receive half his fees and half his chair-hire. “If you physicians delay your visits you show your wickedness and sin against yourselves.” The decree is a, model one for a paternal Government ; argument entrcaty, objurgation, exposition, threats, are all mingled in due proportions. ~~â€"â€"â€"â€"-:-»4->«-â€"â€"-â€"â€" Chic-go Tribune. “Does your father know?” “He does not. Thank Heaven, that box-- rovi was gparedfiim. “V The cricket climbed under the flagstoncs, and the warm,south wind came in soft pufl's over the meadows, bearing upon its bosom the scent of the red-topped clover and the oyeyed daisies, as Rupert Redingote and Aphrodite McGuire stood by the path that led from the farm to the village of Roussill- on, Macoupin County, while the swallows circled around in the fast coming twilight, giving forth now and then little sleepy twitters as if anxious for the warmth and and comfort which their nests afforded. They were to be married in the fall, these twoâ€"in the merry hard cider and. corn husking timeâ€"and, although scarce three months had passed since Rupert pressed upon her pulsing lips the solemn betrothal kiss, Aphrodite trusted him with a perfect faith that was almost sublimein its pasaonate intensity. “So the old man didn’t hear about my getting full?” fiaid Rupert. “No,” was the girl’§ response, as with a little, happy,take-it-away-for-tenâ€"cents sob, she laid her gum-filled cheek upon Rupert’s breast and twined her dimpled arms about his neckâ€"â€"“If any one had told him it would have been a cpld'day for; you.” _, ,7. “You are singing on the right key now, Aphrodite,” was Rupert’s reply. “If the terrible fact had come to his knOWledge he would part us forever. His position as Dea- con in the church would not; allow him to overlook the fault, even should his stern, Puritan nature relent. N0,darling,we must notg lei him know of this sin of mine.” As Rupert spoke a buggy was seen coming rapidly up the lane, and as it reached the gate the horse stopped suddenly, and the man in the vehicle came out over the ani- mal’s head and fell with a dull, sickening thud into a hotbed. ' The Deacon had been taking a nip him- self. 'I he Kremlin of Moscow, with its ancient and modern palace and its four cathedrals, has been ruined before now, and the Nihil- ists would willingly ruin it again, with the Czar inside. There is a subterranean passage leading from the heart of the Kremlin to the edge o'f the river Moskva, intended ap- Jarently, when it was first constructed, for 1w escape, in case of invastment, of a Czar surrounded by foreign or domestic enemies. This passage is doubtless well watched. But the eminence on which the Kremlin stands migh be bored in various directions, especi- ally from the side looking upon the river or from the Kremlin gardens at the foot of its steepest slope. The preparations for the coronation will doubtless include a careful inspection of the weak places, in an engine- ering sense, presented by the ground ad join- ing the Kremlin and by the side of the ; Kremlin itself. Besides taking all kinds of precautions in the personal interest of the Czar, the authorities of Moscow will be re- quired, as the day for the great celebration approaches, to see that the streets are pro- perly paved, and to keep them clean; to bane the fronts and roofs of the. houses painted; and to catch and confine the beg- gars who would otherwise annoy distinguish- ed visitors, besides giving the city a dis- creditable and poverty‘stricken look. _ ~.V.â€"â€"<004->~â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"« An Item in Cable Work. The following is taken from the Times of India : “ During the repairs of the telegraph cable near Bombay, the steamers Chiltern and Great Northern were about half a mile apart, the former having hold of a shore end cable, and so was in telegraphic com- munication with Bombay; the latter having hold m it sea end, and so was in telegraphic communication with Aden. The Chiltern desired the Great Northern to splice on to the cable end held by the latter, and pay out three-quarters of a mile of cable, and this was communicated by wire from the test room of the Chiltern, passing through all the coils of cable in her hold and on to Bombay, whence it 'was sent on to Aden, and back from Aden to the Great Northern. Thus, as a speedy means of sending a mes- sage half a mile, it was forwarded by route between three and four thousand miles long. The following morning, when the vessels were Within a quarter of a mile of each oth- er, communications passed between them constantly in the same way.” IF there is any person to whom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to think.â€"-Cecél. P11111016!“ in China. The Hunted Czar. A Sad. Tale. Russian, German, French, Italian. Ens- 11321 and American Notes. German officers say Italy is not of much account as a military ally so long as it- army remains as it is now, a very imperfect machine. "‘ IF we cannot have both education and health for the children, let us insist on hav- ing health. \Ve believe that both can be had, but not without some vital reforms. A rattlesnake confined in a cage for eleven months shed its skin four times, ate sixty rats, and, altogether it had access to a tank of water, an apparatus prepared for the pm» pose proved it had never drank a drop. YOU make a great mistake in thinking that the world will break all m pieces when you leave it. It is barely possible, on the other hand, that you are persistently stand- ing in the way of a better man. EMPEROR WILLIAM is now-a. great grand. father, and it is beautiful to see the old man take the baby on his knee and sing “Rock a. bye baby on the tree top ” just as he used to do in the first flush of his early daddy- hood. THE famous \Vatkins Glen property. 1y- inq at the southern end of Seneca Lake,wa.s recently put up at auction to satisfy the claims of certain creditors, and was bid in for the sum of $50, 000 in the interest of the heirs of Wm. C. Longstreth, of Philadel- phia. RECENT excavations at Cairo have result‘ ed in the discovery of a monolith belongin to Apries, the Pharaoh Hophra. of the Old Testament, inscribed: “The beloved of Ptah of Memphis, giving life forever, the good god Rgi-aa-ab, lord of the two lauds Epries. ” IF the tunnel which it is proposed to build across the English Channel should cost 350,- 000,000, which was one of the estimates, it would take £000,000 passengers at $2 50 each to pay 5 per cent. on the investment. Of course, there must be an allowance for freight, but no estimate has been made of the possible business of this nature. THE Russian Ofiicial Gazette published a. report upon the conscription for 1881. The number of those liable to military service was 779,000, about 15,000 less than the previous year. Originally the contingent was fixed at 235,000, but it was afterward reduced by a decree of the Emperor to 212,- 000. The recruits taken numbered 210,106. The defaulters amounted to thirty-one per cent. of Jews, and three per cent. of "Chris- tians. A gentleman in Paris owns a handsome and valuable dog named Bismarck. He re- cently received a note from the German Embassy inviting him to remove the name from the dog’s collar, and to cease calling the animal by it, under pain of prosecution, upon the ground that the patronymic belong exclusively to the German Chancellor, and the Embassy cannot; allow it to be publicly applied to a. dog. Emigration to Cape Colony from Great Britain is fast increasing, For 1879 the re- turns show only 1,332 emigrants ; for 1880 the number was 2,607;f0r 1881 it was 4,- 163. ’l‘hcso 4,163 consisted of 324 men for the Government railways, 2,613 artisans anéh domestic servants, 758 agricultnrists, and 468 recruits fOr the Cape Mounted Riflemem The agriculturists took out with them in money alone an aggregate of $77,325, or a little over $100 for each man, woman and child. IT is a. well known scientific fact that the bite of an angry animal, whether man or beast, is more dangerous than an ordinary bite, and has produced more serious conse- quences than the mere wound would account lor. An angry woman in New ort, R I., threw a fork at her son. It lo ged in his heel, making a Slight wound, which resulted in gangrene, from which he died. If people punish their children by sticking forks into them, they should be careful not to do it when angry. ACTS of Vandalism and fanaticlmn am . ginning to recur in F nee. Youths have been caught at the Lm rre in the act of (laubipg with Vermilion two portraits of F ranms 1., and a, noctuml attempt has been made to burn down the Lhapelle Expiatoiro, The keeper discovered a. Volume of smoke in the chapel, and the altuyrcarpct, part of a. chair, and some flowers had been burned ; but the fire had died out before his arrival for want of material. The incendiaries must have scaled the walls to enter the court, and next forced open the door of the building. IN 1880 France took from Italy 40,000, 000 gallons of Wines, being more than four-fifths of Italy’s total wine export. The quantity of wine thus taken from Italy in 1880 by France is not very far under her own total exports of 1881. The French wine merchants naturally send their cheaper falsified wines abroad if they can, being afraid of the more experienced palates of their countrymen; and the Italians do not sample to assert that there is not a cheap claret now drunk in Ingland that is not mainly composed of Spanish and Italian wines, blended, if not adulterated. A few months ago the Post Otfiee at Kim- berley, in the South African dimnond fields, was broken into, and diamonds to the value of £80, 000 carried off. No trace ot the thieves or their booty was ever found, though for some weeks every passenger by the Cape steamers was subjected to the unpleasant indignity of a personal search before he or she was allowed to put foot on British soil. However, the diamonds have now reached England, and the police say they know that £5,000 of these very stones were sold the other day for £2,000, but sufficient evidence is wanting to convict. -717 â€"~-â€"â€"<u»4<ow »â€"-â€"â€"-~ â€"â€" Always Send Copies. ‘ The parents of original verses sent to newspapers frequently ask that the verses be returned in case they are not used. This is asking too much. It would be much saf- er to keep them at home in the first place. They never would be missed at the newspa- per oflice, and in cases where there is the slightest desire on the part of the author for the‘ possession of original poems, it is best not to trust said poems to the tender mercies of mail carriers, or editors, even. Always send copies, and rest the heart as to their fate. FACTS AND INCIDEN’IS.